297 people arrested during Montreal anti-police brutality march

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Anonymous ‏@OccupyTheMob

297 people arrested during #Montreal anti-police brutality march - Canada - Canoe.ca http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2013/03/16/20660411.html …


http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2013/03/16/20660411.html

MONTREAL — Police arrested 297 people Friday afternoon in downtown Montreal during the 17th annual anti-police brutality march.

All but 22 were ticketed for breaking municipal bylaws, including protesting while wearing a mask. Police said the rest will face criminal charges including assault, possession of incendiary material and obstructing police and disturbing the peace.

One person was arrested with a bag full of knives and what police said was ammunition.

Police in riot gear chased the 500 or so protesters through downtown streets and launched stun grenades to disperse the crowds.

(More at the link. And does it really need to be said: No police present = no police brutality?)

[Drale]

1. So let me get this straight

those people with incendiary material and the guy with the bag full of knives and ammunition were planning on protesting police brutality with violence against the police? How does that make any sense what so ever?

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4. They made it illegal to protest while wearing a mask. Don't you think they'd LIE to further their

goal of outlawing protest itself? See: Bill 78

Bill 78, officially titled An Act to enable students to receive instruction from the postsecondary institutions they attend (L.Q., 2012, c. 12 / Laws of Quebec, 2012, chapter 12),[1] was an emergency law passed on 18 May 2012 by the National Assembly of Quebec.[2] The law was passed in response to a student strike opposing tuition increases, associated with large student protests, and states that its purpose is to ensure that no student is denied the right to receive education at the school they attend, and that no one may impede the school's ability to provide it.[3] The law restricts protest or picketing on or near university grounds. The law further requires that organizers of a protest, consisting of 50 or more people in a public venue anywhere in Quebec, submit their proposed venue and/or route to the relevant police for approval.[4] Bill 78 was drafted by members of the Quebec Liberal Party, introduced by Education Minister Michelle Courchesne, and passed with the support of the Coalition Avenir Québec party. Planned tuition increases were subsequently repealed by a decree from Pauline Marois's Parti Québécois government.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_78

[Drale]

6. Your right, the police could be making it up but

unfortunately when I was at the NATO protests in Chicago last year, I saw people throwing things like batteries at the police. Protests can be very valuable but when you get big groups of people together, there are always a few nuts with alternate agenda's in the crowd.

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10. During the Canadian G20 protests, several rock-throwing, violence-speaking protesters

were recognized as police, and the city admitted it:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=youtube+undercover+police+montreal&form=MOZSBR&pc=MOZI

[lob1]

2. The police CLAIM there was a bag full of knives and ammunition.

The same cops that chased 500 people and shot at them with stun grenades.

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3. Exactly. And undercover police, acting as stone-throwing provocateurs, are well-known as fact

in Canada. The G8 convention, I believe. I'd posted the video to DU a while back.

[polly7]

5. Yes, it's nothing new at all.

http://vimeo.com/12465761

[antiquie]

7. Heavy sigh.

Thank you for posting.

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8. Wonder what the incendiary material was?

Bottle of hand sanitizer?

One may think I am being sarcastic, but I am not. The police can say that due to the fact that it can fuel a fire. It is a stretch to use it as an excuse, but when they are looking for reasons to arrest...

[Warpy]

9. You want a peaceful march to turn violent?

Send in the riot cops.

Works every damn time.

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11. The hammer sees everything as a nail. n/t